Christopher fabian



0.?.1BOW'ER POTATO STEAMER.

Patented Api'. 22, 1884.

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IlNiTED PATENT ERICE@ CHRISTOPHER FABIAN EOWER, OE 43 COLLEGE STREET, LIVERPOOL ROAD,

COUNTY OE MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

POTATO-STEAM ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,346, dated April 22I 1884.

Application tiled August 24, 1883. (No model.) Patented in England February 13, 1883, No. '780.

T @ZZ wtoin it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER FABIAN BOWER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 43 College Street, Liverpool Road, in the county of Middlesex, England, gentleman, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Potato-Steamer, for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 780, bearing vdate February 13, 1883, of

which the following is a specitcation.

This invention consists of an improved potato steamer or cooker.

In carrying out my inventionI make use of an Ordinary saucepan, to which is added an I5 internal detached receptacle made ol' perforated tin or wire woigk for the reception ot' the potatoes or other articles required to be cooked. This receptacle tits easily the inside of the saucepan, but is much shallower than the 2O saucepan, and is for the purpose of keeping the articles to be cooked intact. rlhe inner Vessel is also provided withl a handle and suitable catches to take onto studs near the top ofthe saucepan. After boiling a suitable time,

2 5 the inner receptacle is raised out of the water and secured to the studs attached to the Saucepan for the purpose of steaming.

In order that my said invention may be clearly understood, reference is hereby made 3o to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l is a sectional elevation showing potatoes in the water for boiling with the inner receptacle down next to the bottom ofthe saucepan. Fig. 2 is a Sectional elevation showing the inner receptacle with the potatoes contained therein raised above the water and enveloped in steam. rlhe inner receptacle is re- 4o tained in this position by the loop or staple a., Secured in any suitable manner to the Side of ,tion is different therefrom in that the culinary the inner receptacle, at or near its top, and stud b, secured in any suitable manner to the side of the saucepan at or near its upper end, any number of which may be fitted, one or two being generally sufficient for thepurposef/"M one in the case of a round saucepan and two in the case of an oval-shaped saucepan.

c is a saucepan, which is of the ordinary construction. d is the inner vessel, the bottom 5o and sides or the bottom only ofwhioh v,is perforated with a number of holes, or the same may be constructed of open wire-work, and is provided with a handle, e.

It is obvious that my improved potato Steamer or cooker can be made either round or oval.

I am aware that it is old to suspend a culinary attachment within a pot from ahook attached to the cover ol' the pot; but myinven- 6o vessel may be suspended within the saucepan independently ofthe cover, so that the cover can be removed without moving the culinary vessel.

Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim- The Saucepan c, having a stud, b, secured thereto at ornear its upper end, in combination with the vessel d fitting therein, and having the loop (l, secu red thereto at or near its upper end, and provided with the handle e, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my y hand this 10th day of August, 1883.

CllltlS'lOPllER FABIAN BOWER. 

